JSSISI: 2009 to 2010, Vol. XXXIX, 163rd Sessionhttp://hdl.handle.net/2262/41129
Tue, 31 Mar 2015 20:45:03 GMT2015-03-31T20:45:03ZInstitutional Design and Irish Political Reformhttp://hdl.handle.net/2262/41161
Institutional Design and Irish Political Reform
Hardiman, Niamh
The financial and economic crisis that erupted in 2008 exposed significant weaknesses in Irish decision-making and policy implementing processes. In contrast with other European countries in the grip of crisis, the political system was not fundamentally challenged and the incumbent government held onto power. But confidence in government?s capacity to respond adequately fell to historically low levels. This paper considers institutional shortcomings in three arenas through which policies to deal with the crisis must be managed: the parliamentary system and executive leadership, the structures of public administration, and the institutions through which fiscal policy is made.
Part of Symposium: Resolving Ireland's Fiscal Crisis (read before the Society, 26th November 2009)
Fri, 01 Jan 2010 00:00:00 GMThttp://hdl.handle.net/2262/411612010-01-01T00:00:00ZProceedings of the Statistical and Social Inquiry of Ireland One Hundred and Sixty-Third Session: 2009/2010http://hdl.handle.net/2262/41141
Proceedings of the Statistical and Social Inquiry of Ireland One Hundred and Sixty-Third Session: 2009/2010
SSISI
Proceedings of the Statistical and Social Inquiry of Ireland One Hundred and Sixty-Third Session: 2009/2010
Fri, 01 Jan 2010 00:00:00 GMThttp://hdl.handle.net/2262/411412010-01-01T00:00:00ZStructural Economic Change in Ireland 1957-2006: Statistics, Context and Analysishttp://hdl.handle.net/2262/41140
Structural Economic Change in Ireland 1957-2006: Statistics, Context and Analysis
Quill, Patrick; Teahon, Paddy
The fifty years since the publication of Economic Development has been a time of change and growth for Ireland. Analysis of the development of the structural composition of the economy in this period requires a consistent and comprehensive dataset from the late 1950s onwards. The national income and expenditure tables have changed over time and a consistent set of historical tables is only available from 1970 onwards. Gross value added by sector in the official historical series is given for only a small number of sectors. In this paper the tables of gross value added by sector in current and in constant prices, are extended backwards to 1957 and expanded to include fifteen industry groupings. A new comprehensive and consistent dataset spanning fifty years of the Irish economy is thus constructed. Details of the methods and sources used to develop these series are presented. A context for analysis is set out based on the framework or model developed by Professor Carlota Perez in a series of publications since 1983 and most notably in her 2002 book Technological Revolutions and Financial Capital. Structural changes of the economy over the period are analysed. The analysis shows how different sectors have contributed to the economy over time. It also reveals, in the Irish case, that structural change can be independent of economic growth. The Irish economy is set in the context of the Perez model of technological revolutions and Ireland.s place in current and past technological revolutions is evaluated.
(read before the Society, 21 January 2010)
Fri, 01 Jan 2010 00:00:00 GMThttp://hdl.handle.net/2262/411402010-01-01T00:00:00ZAn Exploration of the Nordic Modelhttp://hdl.handle.net/2262/41139
An Exploration of the Nordic Model
de Buitleir, Donal
In this paper I examine the social and economic system which is generally known as the Nordic Model and compare this with the Irish case. The analysis is limited to Denmark, Finland and Sweden as Norway and Iceland may be regarded as special cases due to their non-membership of the EU and their heavy dependence on oil and fishing respectively. One of the important advantages claimed for the Nordic model is that high levels of security go hand in hand with flexibility and a willingness to change. In Ireland it seems that the reverse is often the case. The most radical changes are accepted by those with the least security while the pace of reform is slow in the public sector and the most secure parts of the private sector. Given our current difficulties it is reasonable to expect that those in secure employment show the greatest willingness to embrace change and that is something we should insist on.
(Presidential Address read before the Society, 20 May 2010)
Fri, 01 Jan 2010 00:00:00 GMThttp://hdl.handle.net/2262/411392010-01-01T00:00:00Z